WKU football two-deep

Here’s the two-deep depth chart if the season were to begin today (which it doesn’t):

Starters in BOLD

Quarterback:

2 Matt Pelesasa, 6-1, 242, Jr.

6 Kawaun Jakes, 6-3, 190, So.

Running back

3 Bobby Rainey, 5-8, 196, Jr.

28 Braxston Miller, 5-11, 205, Jr.

Full back

27 Rod Johnson, 5-11, 267, Sr.

42 Nick Baisch, 5-11, 246, r-Fr.

Wide receiver

86 Willie McNeal, 5-10, 160, r-Fr.

7 Quinterrance Cooper, 5-11, 191, Sr.

9 Marcus Vasquez, 6-1, 192, So.

8 Seth Tamme, 5-11, 190, Sr.

Tight end

82 Jack Doyle, 6-6, 252, So.

33 Tristan Jones, 6-2, 256, Jr.

Left tackle

77 Wes Jeffries, 6-4, 306, Jr.

60 Ed Hazelett, 6-8, 305, So.

Left guard

74 Mychal Patterson, 6-3, 291, Sr.

69 Luke Stansfield, 6-4, 298, So.

Center

65 Sean Conway, 6-3, 294, r-Fr.

63 Luis Polanco, 6-2, 280, r-Fr.

Right guard

75 Seth White, 6-5, 289, So.

67 Cody Widelski, 6-2, 283, So.

Right tackle

68 Preston King, 6-5, 299, Sr.

76 Adam Smith, 6-5, 327, So.

Kicker

83 Casey Tinius, 6-0, 180, Jr.

11 Monte Merrick, 6-1, 188, r-Fr.

DEFENSE

Defensive end

5 Jared Clendenin, 6-3, 265, Jr.

93 Quanterus Smith, 6-5, 239, So.

51 Adam Challant, 6-3, 265, r-Fr.

90 Bo Adebayo, 6-4, 270, Jr.

Defensive tackle

92 James Hervey, 6-1, 275, So.

45 Cole Tischer, 6-4, 273, So.

95 Kenny Martin, 6-0, 270, So.

91 Brandon Whitty, 6-1, 271, So.

Outside linebacker

10 Chris Bullard, 5-11, 237, Sr.

31 Orlando Misaalefua, 5-10, 220, Sr.

9 Tye Golden, 6-2, 226, So.

50 Ben Duvall, 6-3, 225, Jr.

Inside linebacker

6 Thomas Majors, 6-0, 239, Sr.

58 Mike Federspiel, 6-3, 230, r-Fr.

Cornerback

18 Jamal Forrest, 5-9, 161, So.

2 Derrius Brooks, 5-10, 185, Jr.

37 Vince Williams, 5-9, 182, r-Fr.

24 William Simmons, 5-8, 182, So.

Strong safety

19 Mark Santoro, 6-0, 199, Jr.

29 Kiante Young, 5-11, 206, r-Fr.

Free safety

46 Kareem Peterson, 5-11, 172, So.

15 Ryan Beard, 6-0, 192, Jr.

Punter

99 Hendrix Brakefield, 6-4, 219, r-Fr.

83 Casey Tinius, 6-0, 180, Jr.

– Also some notes from practice Tuesday (Keep in mind we media folk are currently being regulated to just 45 minutes of each workout before being ushered away).

– Dropped balls still seems to be an ever-plauging issue. Quite honestly, it really won’t matter which player ends up winning the quarterback battle if no one catches any passes.

WKU is still extremely thin at the wide receiver spot, and with Derrius Brooks moving over to cornerback, it gets even thinner. One player that caught my eye a bit this afternoon was true freshman wideout Donald Campbell. The Palmetto, Fla. product seemed as sure-handed as anyone during early-practice receiving drills – his routes also looked rather crisp.

Brooks missed his second straight day after sitting out Monday to due an illness – according to WKU coach Willie Taggart. Neither Bullard, nor King, nor Bailey’s injuries looked very serious, and I can only assume that Dalcourt is still undergoing rehabilitation for the knee injury he re-aggrevated during spring practice – though there was no official word today.

As far as Gothard and Elder are concerned, things looked more serious. Neither were even in shorts or a jersey this afternoon, and weren’t on Monday either.

I haven’t gotten an official word on either in terms of if or when they’ll be back on the practice field – or whether or not they’ll be able to go this season. But typically when a player isn’t dressed at all, things tend to be more serious in nature.

In any event, we’ll get that figured out officially and have a full report ASAP.